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Hello BP,I started my real estate investment career a little over a year ago. I bought my first three properties within two months of each other. Two of these were turn key rentals and the other was a rental rehab tha...
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A little background on me, I'm 38 been with my current company 22 years managing a large retail business. I get paid fairly well, $90,000+ annual salary but I'm just exhausted with the hours, nights, weekends and holi...
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I had the property manager send a friendly reminder, reminding tenants that rent is due on the 1st. Tenant 1, paid no problemo. Now on the other hand the other tenant states, "I get a three day grace period by law!!!"...
Oops, my mistake. I thought they were going to give Landlords a break . . . Instead of easing the Eviction Moratorium to help Landlords, Instead of Providing Landlords with financial assistance, WA State and soon othe...
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Economic Update(Monday, May 3, 2021)
Here’s some fun facts. According to University of California Davis’ “Road Ecology Center,” Los Angeles traffic patterns changed dramatically during the pandemic. In March of 2...
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Okay so I am trying to get better at estimating rehab costs and currently I am trying to come up with a list of how much repairs will costs. From my understanding their are two philosophies when it comes to repair co...
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What is the deal with Detroit?
Every post I read is filled with negative opinions. Is Detroit similar to Washington DC a few years ago? Where locals knew the few bad streets to stay away from but the general populat...
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Hey Everyone!I'm definitely a noob on BP, but have been a landlord for about 5 years. I'm looking to expand my rental portfolio and wanted to get your thoughts. I've talked with several turnkey companies, but my con...
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I currently have a job with a 55k salary, which i'm highly considering to give my two weeks due to the high stress level and overall a bad company to work for. My only motivation to go into work is to save more money ...
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OK, I recently got into the business...and when I say recently, I mean like 2 months ago. I haven't put a deal together yet but, I was wondering if any of you guys could tell me what you think the most important firs...